Scheherazade: From storytelling 'slave' to 'first feminist' The stories of One Thousand and One Nights are among the world's most famous works of literature. Scheherazade and her stories have become a touchstone of Arab culture, passed down orally for centuries, and now Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh has published a modern retelling of the tales.
June 9, 2013 - Minnesota Public Radio

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Barney Frank in AFP We're about to see the great majority of Republicans deliver both orally and then by their votes a stunning vote of no confidence,Frank said.

Don Lucia in Minneapolis Star Tribune Basically, it rules out some of the bad stuff,Lucia said. "They are still trying to pinpoint [my illness], but they have a pretty good idea. I'm hopeful that whatever I have can be treated orally."

Ted Saskin in Seattle Times The league presented a written proposal with minor variations of concepts that were presented orally by the NHL last Thursday,Saskin said. "We told the league last week and again today that their multilayered salary-cap proposals were not...